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Ep. 9 Nikola Tesla: How the World Cast Out a Scientific Genius Because He Was Weird
Episode 9
Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest scientific minds of all time. He developed machinery that allowed us to harness the alternating current which is…
2 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 8 Mass Hysteria: How Imaginary Epidemics Have Wreaked Havoc Throughout History
Episode 8
It’s a summer day in Strasbourg, France. The year is 1518. A woman named Frau Troffea steps into the city square and starts to dance. There’s no musi…
2 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 7 Titanic: How a Perfect Storm of Events Sank an “Unsinkable” Ship
Episode 7
In 1911 Shipbuilder magazine featured an ocean liner under construction in Belfast, Ireland. It was called Titanic and it was the largest moveable ob…
2 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 6 Highclere Castle: How the True Story of “Downton Abbey” Is Stranger Than Fiction
Episode 6
“Downton Abbey” is a popular period drama set in Edwardian England that details the life of the Crawley family, their motley crew of servants and of …
2 years, 11 months ago
Ep 5. Trail of Tears: How Andrew Jackson Got Away With Genocide and Still Ended Up on the 20 Dollar Bill
Episode 5
“Murder is murder whether committed by the villain skulking in the dark or by uniformed men stepping to the strains of martial music. Murder is murde…
2 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 4 Vikings: How Norsemen Beat Columbus to the "New World" by 500 Years
Episode 4
In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. I’m sure you’re familiar with the singsong mnemonic meant for remembering the year Christopher Columbus stumb…
3 years ago
Ep. 3 Ada Lovelace: How History Overlooked the First Ever Computer Programmer Because She Was a Woman
Episode 3
Computer science is a field completely dominated by men. Charles Babbage, Alan Turing, Tim Berners-Lee, Steve Jobs, the list goes on and on. But on t…
3 years ago
Ep. 2 Blackbeard: How Edward Thatch Became the Most Notorious Pirate Without Actually Killing Anyone
Episode 2
He was said to embody the devil himself - extraordinarily tall with a wild black beard and hair tied up with lit fuses. His eyes, like embers, burned…
3 years ago
Ep. 1 Paris Catacombs: How France Turned 6 Million Dead Bodies Into a Tourist Attraction
Episode 1
Roughly 5 stories beneath the streets of Paris you’ll find the bones of over 6 million people stacked in neat rows and arranged in grotesquely intric…
3 years ago